Antya 6.314

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আত্মানং চেদ্বিজানীয়াত্ পরং জ্ঞানধুতাশয়ঃ ।
কিমিচ্ছন্ কস্য বা হেতোর্দেহং পুষ্ণাতি লম্পটঃ ॥ ৩১৪ ॥

atmanam ced vijaniyat

param jnana-dhutasayah

kim icchan kasya va hetor

deham pusnati lampatah

SYNONYMS

atmanam-the soul; cet-if; vijaniyat-one understands; param-supreme; jnana-by knowledge; dhuta-thrown off; asayah-material desires; kim-what; icchan-desiring; kasya-what; va-or; hetoh-for reason; deham-the material body; pusnati-maintains; lampatah-debauchee.

TRANSLATION

"If one's heart has been cleansed by perfect knowledge and one has understood Krsna, the Supreme Brahman, he then gains everything. Why should such a person act like a debauchee by trying very carefully to maintain his material body?"

PURPORT

This verse (Bhag. 7.15.40) was spoken by Narada to Yudhisthira Maharaja regarding a householder's liberation from material bondage. On the spiritual platform, one does not unnecessarily care for the body. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has said, deha-smrti nahi yara, samsara bandhana kahaṅ tara. One who is spiritually situated does not think that he is the body. Therefore he can transcendentally execute severe penances in the renounced order of life. The best example of such renunciation is Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.